Blue Palms Brew House at Hollywood Bl. X Gower Ave. has an excellent craft beer selection and good sandwiches. I like their burger w/shortribs on top of the patty. They recently celebrated their first anniversary.

no car, limited time to eat?? well, i would say that hungry cat, roscoes, and balcones are too far from hollywood/highland. thats a good 1/4-1/2 mile walk from highland to vine.with limited time, your best options are in the hollywood/highland complex...i cant think of anything great there...

near that intersection are:Boho is right thereDelancey half mile away - ok, this one is not new in the past year but still relatively newShin a few blocks away for serviceable korean bbqHollywood Farmer's Kitchen (lunch only) http://www.hollywoodfarmerskitchen.org/Kitchen 24 (check out the "anti-mall")

I arrived shortly before closing Friday and had a fresh tasting, healthy lunch of bison and rice stuffed yellow peppers topped with a tomato/mushroom confit, sauteed zucchini, a slightly overdressed salad and a refreshing mint iced green tea.

The really outstanding dish here was something identified as a plum galette, but which I took to be a crisp. This dessert was far better than either of those two descriptions. Under the usual rolled oat crisp topping and the stewed fruit was a heavenly shortbread bottom crust.

Also took out a chicken salad which made for a very good late supper: piquant mustard vinaigrette, greens, halved grapes, walnuts and a generous portion of moist chicken breast.

I would skip Loteria...do pizzeria Mozza instead it's a few blocks down on melrose but man is Loteria a waste. As far as in your immediate area, I would agree the other choices, kind of a tricky without a car. If you don't mind a little motion, I'm a fan of Food+Lab on Santa Monica for a quick lunch and Thai Town is within your 3 miles down sunset. Maybe you'll luck out an a food truck will be in the area